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The group of medical experts convened by the Public Defender of Georgia to monitor the health and treatment of jailed Mikheil Saakashvili said in their assessment yesterday the ex-President’s psychotherapeutic and physical rehabilitation remains a “substantial problem.”

The findings highlighted that after vital risks were eliminated with refeeding following the ex-President’s 50-day-long hunger strike, no further significant improvement or deterioration could be observed in Saakashvili’s condition in their past three monitoring visits, last on January 11.

The physicians said at this stage the ex-President’s key health problems are consequences of Wernicke’s encephalopathy – neurological symptoms, eye paresis, imbalance, general weakness and worsened sensitivity of limbs; anemia; post-traumatic stress disorder and moderate-to-severe depression.